Re:New York claims a small victory in 'forever war on rats'
by cwmma on Monday February 03, 2025 @11:12AM
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New York was weirdly built without alleys so there is a legitimate issue of where do you put the bins when it's not trash day that almost every other city doesn't have
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Re:New York claims a small victory in 'forever war on rats'
by eru on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:37PM
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Well, they find the space to store their trash right now. So they definitely have enough space. The amount of trash would presumably roughly be the same before and after this change.
Eg they could sacrifice some street parking spots for the bins.
They could even charge the bins the same amount of money they charge for street parking (and fold these costs into the costs for trash disposal they charge trash producers).
Re:New York claims a small victory in 'forever war on rats'
by hombre_fatal on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:20AM
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> Eg they could sacrifice some street parking spots for the bins.
Taking away curb parking is one of the most heated political issues in the US.
It's controversial enough to take away parking to make the road safer for pedestrians and other drivers (new daylighting law in SF), so I can't imagine how hard it would be to do it for some trash cans.